PHOTOS: Accident scene where 8-year-old was struck

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, a Windsor police officer walks past a child's shoe at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

A child is being rushed by ambulance to hospital after being hit by a vehicle in the city’s near east side.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, emergency services personnel tend to the child at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Hee, the driver of a vehicle which struck the child waits in his car Drouillard and Reginald Street.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, a dent is seen in the hood of the car at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, Windsor police officers walk past a child's shoe at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, emergency services personnel tend to the child at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

An eight-year-old girl has been transferred to a Detroit hospital with possible head injuries after being struck by a car on Drouillard Road on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Here, a woman is comforted as she watches emergency services personnel tend to the child at Drouillard and Reginald Street.

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